Hexagonal Patterns in a Simplified Model for Block Copolymers
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Hexagonal Patterns in a Simplified Model for Block Copolymers
In this paper we study a new model for patterns in two dimensions, inspired by diblock copolymer melts with a dominant phase. The model is simple enough to be amenable not only to numerics but also to analysis, yet sophisticated enough to reproduce hexagonally packed structures that resemble the cylinder patterns observed in block copolymer experiments. Starting from a sharp-interface continuum...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0036-1399,1095-712X
DOI: 10.1137/130922732